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Ok, it's never too early to talk Tony's. Will Mark Rylance pick up a Best Featured nom?

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Updated On: 4/20/08 at 02:45 PM

Are we sure Mark Rylance won't be considered Lead Actor?

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He's above the title (along with Whitford and Baranski), so would have to be petitioned as Featured Actor. WAT and I were discussing this last night, and realized what a weak category that is, so the producers would be wise to try and get either he or Whitford in there, where one of them would certainly be nominated.

Additionally, Mary McCormack deserves (and should get) a Featured Actress nomination.

The play itself should also be nominated for Best Revival (though it won't beat Macbeth).

One of the wonderful things about this show is that you can predict a lot of the gags before they happen. We were saying at intermission that you know the minute the curtain goes up and you see six doors onstage, that's there's going to be lots of doors opening and closing. You know the minute someone leaves a bag onstage that it's going to figure in to the next scene. There's a reason only one door has a window on it. Yet, in spite of that, it's still absolutely hilarious because the cast is just so perfect, and their delivery is spot on. It still surprises you when it happens.

The more I think about this play, the more I realize how much I enjoyed it. As WAT said earlier, a perfect end to a busy week of show-going.

I absolutely agree that Rylance deserves a nomination more than Whitford. My point was that they'll only be able to get one of them deemed Featured Actor, and whichever it is will be nominated, because there is such a dearth of worthy performances in that category. Leading Actor is much more crowded.

I knew! I love him. It's just not as showy a role, and he has a lot less to do.

Exactly. He has a great personality and he's very appealing.

In theory it would have been, but she's pretty awful onstage. How about Allison Janney as Bertha (Berta?) or Richard Schiff as Robert?

McCormack was on West Wing the last 2 1/2 seasons, as the national security advisor.

Janney would be fun as Berthe. Richard Schiff, not so much of a Robert. What about Rob Lowe?

The Longacre looks GREAT. All gold and light pink/peach. And it has that "new car smell" too. It's one of the best looking houses on Broadway now, they really did a fabulous job with it.

What's the rush situation?

Any word? Or did I miss the announcement?

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Show was entertaining, but ran a little long. I didn't seem to like it as much as others on this board.

The theater was nice, and I loved that there were ample restrooms for the ladies. There was actually a line for the men's room and not the women's room!

Ah-boom boom boom! ShaZAM!

Friday night I felt a surface and the paint was still a little tacky- it definitly smelled of fresh paint!

PS- LOVED THE CURTAIN CALL (and i hate choreographed curtain calls!)